03803nam 22006375 450 991029980140332120240606220300.03-319-70675-610.1007/978-3-319-70675-7(OCoLC)1023426970(CKB)3840000000347779(MiAaPQ)EBC5295020(DE-He213)978-3-319-70675-7(EXLCZ)99384000000034777920180213d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDesire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction /by Thomas Horan1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resourcePalgrave Studies in Utopianism3-319-70674-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. The Sexualized Proletariat in Jack London’s The Iron Heel -- 3. Redemptive Atavism in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We -- 4. The Sexual Life of the Savage in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World -- 5. Katherine Burdekin’s Swastika Night, a Gay Romance -- 6. Distortions of Queer Desire in Ayn Rand’s Anthem -- 7. Desire and Empathy in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four -- 8. Ludic Perversions and Enduring Communities in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale -- 9. Conclusion.This book assesses key works of twentieth-century dystopian fiction, including Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, to demonstrate that the major authors of this genre locate empathy and morality in eroticism. Taken together, these books delineate a subset of politically conscious speculative literature, which can be understood collectively as projected political fiction. While Thomas Horan addresses problematic aspects of this subgenre, particularly sexist and racist stereotypes, he also highlights how some of these texts locate social responsibility in queer and other non-heteronormative sexual relationships, anticipating the ideas of various cultural theorists. In these novels, even when the illicit relationship itself is truncated, sexual desire fosters hope and community.Palgrave Studies in UtopianismLiterature—History and criticismHistory, ModernCivilization—HistoryIntellectual life—HistoryComparative literatureLiterary Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/813000Modern Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000Cultural Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/723000Intellectual Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/729000Comparative Literaturehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/811000Literature—History and criticism.History, Modern.Civilization—History.Intellectual life—History.Comparative literature.Literary History.Modern History.Cultural History.Intellectual Studies.Comparative Literature.809.304Horan Thomasauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut151248BOOK9910299801403321Desire and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Dystopian Fiction2501123UNINA